To F-- / Poe, Edgar Allen

Author: Poe, Edgar Allen
Title: To F--
Publisher: Eris Etext Project
Tag(s): literature; allen; island; continually; bright; throbbing; tumultuous; memory; earnest; smile; serenest; skies; enchanted; edgar; free; meanwhile; crowd; sea; storms; isle; poe; american; ocean; american literature
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Rights: GNU General Public License
Size: 84 words (really short) Grade range: 9-11 (high school) Readability score: 67 (easy)
Identifier: poe-to-713
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                                      1835
                                     TO F--
                               by Edgar Allan Poe

       Beloved! amid the earnest woes
         That crowd around my earthly path-
       (Drear path, alas! where grows
       Not even one lonely rose)-
         My soul at least a solace hath
       In dreams of thee, and therein knows
       An Eden of bland repose.

       And thus thy memory is to me
         Like some enchanted far-off isle
       In some tumultuous sea-
       Some ocean throbbing far and free
         With storms- but where meanwhile
       Serenest skies continually
       Just o'er that one bright island smile.

                    -THE END-
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